Example sentences of "[vb base] [that] [pers pn] is a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suggest that it is a confused notion . |
| 2 | Bathymetric records suggest that it is a bathyal species with its lower limit in the upper abyssal zone . |
| 3 | I suggest that it is a process in which the Opposition have tried to take part in their own citizens charter . |
| 4 | Clinical trials using calcipotriol suggest that it is a safe and effective topical treatment for psoriasis vulgaris . |
| 5 | The Bulgarians sombrely suggest that she is a dead mother looking for her own baby , while the Spanish say she is the GHOST of an aunt or grandmother , looking to make a gift to her descendants . |
| 6 | A piecemeal approach using micros will seem attractive at first , but may soon founder , when you realise that it is a shared information system which you actually need . |
| 7 | I would prefer , at the risk of offending the purists , to take a robust attitude , and simply say that it is a decision made at a particular time in response to a particular situation against a particular political background , and is poor material on which to build any general proposition . |
| 8 | Critics of multimedia say that it is a solution looking for a problem , but during the past few years it has delivered many useful applications , some of them in the financial sector . |
| 9 | I have suggested that singing is a good analogy for the discovery and use of the light principle ; I would go one step further and say that it is a literal example of this process . |
| 10 | You forget that it is a picture as you look at it … |
| 11 | It states that ‘ even those medical authorities who label alcoholism a ‘ disease ’ concede that it is a disease that can and does involve significant elements of volition ’ . |
| 12 | The timetable provides for a minimum — I stress that it is a minimum — of 50 hours in Committee , and the Committee may go beyond that if it wishes to do so . |
| 13 | We do not , on the Cavell model , first discover certain truths about an object and then conclude that it is a person ; we first acknowledge the person and only inquire into facts later if necessary . |
| 14 | The Department of Transport 's reply to my letter ( 12 March ) seems to have missed the general point I am making from this specific case , namely that travellers normally choose their mode of transport on the basis of perceived marginal costs ( ie the cost of petrol ) and conclude that it is a lot cheaper to use a car if you already have one . |
| 15 | All these matters show that it is a vexed question when exactly there will be a change in the regime and that is a question I shall seek to answer a little later on . |
| 16 | Two minutes in its unplanned , crooked , medieval streets reveal that it is a more vibrant , cheerful and successful place . |
| 17 | Many people imagine that it is a glamorous life , jetting around the world for the big athletics meetings and receiving much media attention . |
| 18 | Imagine that it is a situation that you were involved in . |
| 19 | I imagine that it is a Foreign Office brief . |
| 20 | However , if we are further told that speaker Jane is only three years old , we may , in addition to paying attention to the announcement , consider that it is a remarkable feat for a three-year-old . |
| 21 | Their Lordships consider that it is a mistake to try to find an analogy between the facts in this appeal and the example given by Lord Bridge in the Hang Seng Bank case . |
| 22 | They ensure that it is a feasible allocation . |
| 23 | The reasons for this dearth of activity may stem from a general lack of enthusiasm amongst Caledonian flyers ( I accept that it is a minority interest ) or , hopefully , from a lack of both events to stimulate interest or outlets for those who would wish to be involved . |
| 24 | I think that Saddam Hussein is much less potent than he was , but I accept that it is a brutal regime and that it poses a threat to world peace . |
| 25 | I do n't know why there are n't more , but suspect that it is a combination of the weather — high ground and prevailing westerlies give a lot of rainfall — and the cost of flying relative to incomes . |
| 26 | The question was asked : we know that he is a sound and effective Prime Minister ; but is he also a leader who can save the Conservative Party from the fate that undoubtedly awaited it at a general election had Mrs Thatcher remained in office ? |
| 27 | I agree with Iain and I know that he is a forceful enough personality to get the Turf Club fixtures committee to see things his way . |
| 28 | I only know that he is a very kind and gentle person . |
| 29 | I know that she is a silly woman , a vain woman — I speak now in confidence , of course . |
| 30 | I do not know why my hon. Friend is not here today , but I know that she is a very hard-working , committed hon. Member . |